NEWS:

Aim and Scope

The Workshop on Human Factors in Intelligent Vehicles (HFIV’13) aims
to foster discussion on issues related to the analysis of human factors
in the design and evaluation of intelligent vehicles (IV) technologies,
in a wide spectrum of applications and in different dimensions.

The
HFIV’13 welcomes and encourages contributions reporting on original
research, work under development and experiments of different fields
related to Human Factors.

It is expected to build upon a proper
environment to disseminate knowledge and motivate interactions among
the technical and scientific communities, practitioners and students,
allowing state-of-the-art concepts and advances to be further developed
and enhanced.

IV technologies have experienced a great improvement
in the last couple of decades, turning vehicles into more interactive
counterparts in transportation and mobility systems. However, the
impact of such technologies on traffic awareness for the driver and
driver’s behaviour towards improving driving performance and reducing
road accidents still demands proper tools and approaches. While the
feasibility of incorporating new technology-driven functionality to
vehicles has played a central role in the automotive design, not always
safety issues related to interaction with the new in-vehicle systems
have been taken into consideration. Additionally, other aspects are
equally important and need to be analyzed, such as the impact
technologies that support specific driving functions play on the
overall driving task, as well as their impact on the transportation
system overall performance. Besides current industrial achievements
that feature today’s vehicles with a number of important driving
assistance systems, the perspective of autonomous driving vehicles
populating urban environment pose even more challenging issues.

Thus, the information and functionality that relies on new ways of
communication has to be presented in a non-intrusive way that complies
with specific design requirements. A system that guarantees efficiency
of use, comfort and user satisfaction can contribute to a more
conscious driving behaviour that would directly result from the
adoption of IV technologies.

Topics of Interest

Some topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

Paper Submission and Publication

Prospective authors are invited to submit contributions reporting on
their current research and ideas that motivate discussion during the
workshop. Each paper will be analyzed by an International Program
Committee according to relevance and potential contribution. Accepted
papers will be included in the Workshop Proceedings in a digital format
and will be available in IEEEXplore.
Selected high quality papers of the Workshop will have a publication
opportunity in a special issue of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation
Systems Magazine.

Authors must follow the IEEE Conference format in the preparation of
their manuscripts
of maximum 6 pages in standard IEEE double column PDF format for
peer-review by the workshop International Program Committee.
All accepted papers will imply that at least one of the co-authors
attends the workshop to present the work. Authors will be given a
certain time to orally present their papers and discussion will be
actively motivated among attendees.

Detailed submission instructions can be found on the Workshop Web site at HFIV’13, under the Submissions option.

3. Specify the following code number for the Workshop on Human Factors in Intelligent Vehicles: 31mbi

Reviewing process

The reviewing process of contributions is certainly one of the most
important aspects of building a strong, attractive and stimulating
forum for practitioners and the scientific community. Each manuscript
submitted to HFIV’13 will undergo a peer-reviewing process by at least
three members of the Workshop’s International Programme Committee (IPC)
to ensure accepted papers will be of great interest and motivate an
open and broad discussion among the audience. Contributions will be
reviewed according to relevance to HFIV’13, originality and novel
ideas, technical soundness and quality of presentation. Given the
nature and aims of the forum, undergoing projects bringing into
discussion state-of-the-art and cutting-edge ideas and novel trends are
highly encouraged.

Authors of accepted papers must follow and carefully consider
reviewers’ comments, guidelines, and suggestions during the preparation
of their camera-ready version for inclusion in the workshop proceedings
in a digital format.

Publication

Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings in a digital format and will be made available through IEEEXplore.

Keynote Speaker

Short bio

Dr. Hussein Dia is a Civil Engineer with broad experience in smart
infrastructure systems and specialisation in Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS). He has 28 years of experience in public and private
sector organisations, and has spent the last 20 years of his career
working in the smart transport systems field as an academic, educator,
researcher and more recently as a Director of ITS in a global
infrastructure consulting firm. Before joining the private sector in
2009, Hussein was Director of the ITS Research Laboratory at the
University of Queensland (1998-2008). He was also a Director of ITS
Australia between 2008 and 2012. He is currently Editor of the
international academic journal IEEE Transactions on ITS (SCI Impact
Factor 3.452 - journal ranked number 1 among all publications in the
field of transportation and number 12 among all IEEE Publications).

Throughout his career, Hussein has focused on the development
of technology driven transport systems and techniques for transport
management and network operations, and has helped develop the
methodologies required to evaluate their impacts and demonstrate their
benefits. Through his research and consulting background, Hussein has
made significant contributions, innovations and extensions to best
practice in ITS and modelling of transport systems. His standing in the
profession is highlighted by more than 100 publications, speaking
engagements to more than 40 conferences and symposia, membership on
technical committees of national and international ITS conferences, and
invitations for keynote addresses, peer review and technical audits of
national and international ITS projects.

In recognition of Hussein’s contributions and standing in the ITS
field, he was recently invited by the Road Engineers Association for
Asia and Australasia (REAAA) to deliver the Keynote Address “Delivering
World Class ITS Operations” to the REAAA Roadshow in New Zealand
between 15-21 August 2012. Hussein was also member of the International
Road Federation (IRF) ITS committee which published the IRF Manifesto
on ITS which was launched in October 2012 during the 19th ITS World
Congress in Vienna.

Hussein is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
Fellow of Engineers Australia, and Fellow of the Institute of
Transportation Engineers.

Dr. Hussein Dia
will present the topic with the title: "Mimicking Human Senses: The
Convergence of Sensor-Based and Connectivity-Based Vehicle Technologies"

Summary

The research community and automotive industry around the world are
increasingly developing sensor-based solutions to increase vehicle
safety in situations where driver error is most common. As part of a
more interconnected world, our vehicles are also increasingly becoming
the ultimate mobile device, and we the humans, are becoming “connected
drivers” with access to information that can be shared between
businesses, people, organisations and infrastructure. As our vehicles
become increasingly connected and equipped with sensor-based systems,
they will become self-aware, contextual and eventually autonomous. A
number of technology, engineering, legislative and human factors/
behavioural issues still need to be addressed before developing
successful offerings that are safe, reliable and non-distracting to
ensure they attract consumers on the emotional level and convince them
on a rational level.

This presentation first explores the complexity of urban mobility
and the role of vehicle and infrastructure technologies in providing
innovative solutions that support smart, connected and liveable cities.
It also examines the forces of change with an emphasis on the
convergence of sensor-based and communication-based vehicle
technologies, their implications, and the likelihood that they will
achieve wider adoption. The analysis will cover the limitations of each
of the sensor-based and connectivity-based solutions, and outline how
the convergence of the two approaches will facilitate adequate
mimicking of human senses, increase the inputs that are available for
decision making and reduce the need for more sophisticated artificial
intelligence. The analysis will also demonstrate how convergence would
deliver better safety, mobility, and self-driving capability than
either approach could deliver on its own.

While the presentation highlights the potential promise these
technologies hold for making the transport system more compatible with
smart cities and sustainable development, it also emphasises that there
are still significant obstacles on the path to convergence including
the requirement for reliable and intuitive human-machine interface
(HMI), improved positioning technologies, high resolution mapping and
standardisation.